What’s Art Forms about?
OOOH!! is an eclectic location. It has actively encouraged artistic submissions in a wide diversity of media since 2008. Check out these different types of talent for your interest and inspiration.
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Boxed-in
The complexities of embedding medical learnings from within a remote capsule
The Appearance of Disease
A student visualises patients from their medical notes pre-consultation
A Note On Haiku
Imaginative, poetic presentations of medical conditions
Paint my Canvas
A student chooses to minutely absorb and process a deeply shared patient experience around terminal illness using poetry as method of learning from this privileged gift
Valerie
Narrative inspired by a profoundly disabled patient – insights around being a passive recipient of multiple interventions
An Excerpt From The Diary Of A Patient
Personal account of patient as undisclosed medic hearing her devastating diagnosis unwittingly revealed in clinical shorthand
My First Patient
Soldier confronted by desperate parents giving his water bottle to their child
The Die Hard Smoker
An elderly smoker survives against the odds, defiant in his addiction to tobacco
Hospital: A Living Architecture
Appreciation of hospital care by a close relative causes a student to consider this holistic clinical community
To be true to one another in the good times and in bad…
Hearts connect to maintain the pulse of recovery
Flowers
Exploring the intertwined role of clinical care and family support through flora
Stress in Medical Practice
Opening up conversations about stress in medical practice
Curiosity
A student’s insight into the sensitive dialogue within consultation places due weight on the gifts of genuine authentic connection in healthcare
The Art of the Patient-Narrative
The challenges of describing physical symptoms verbally
Life’s Last Chapter
A grand-daughter’s insight into the nurturing role of the natural environment both at first and second-hand at the end of life
Dementia and the Sense of Self
‘I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than that’
Awesome
The artist returns to the charge of birth and re-positions herself as creatively contributing to the shape of her future
Sewing yourself back together
Free-hand embroidery based on exploration of alternative therapies to support post-natal depression.
Heart Strings
Employing skills in embroidery and applique to consider the complexities of living with dyslexia
My Life
A word and textile tribute to ‘The Heart’
Childhood Illness : the family impact
The irreversible effect of acute childhood illness on the family as a whole
Emergency
A pivotal domestic reminder holds a father back from taking his own life
Patient X
This image and text raises complex issues around dis-empowerment and the quality of the patient’s individual lived experience
Make a Difference
An insight into social deprivation through a chance encounter with a local resident
Organ Manufacture
Questions around the ethics of new technologies and a culture of throw-away organs
The Jigsaw of Recovery: caring for anxiety
The fragile nature of supporting anxiety from the perspective of a daughter and carer : clinical and personal perspectives
The Shadow of War
A call for increased clinical sensitivity to the impact of PTSD drawing on biographical material
On the Outside
The universally shared complexities and challenges of emotionally supporting others
Disconnected
The complexities of remote consultations
Beyond the patient – Little Girl’s Lullaby
Hearing and being cherished, both life-lines for a spirited young girl with multiple medical challenges, inspired a remarkable composition
Understanding the True Burden
Strong bonds of family love sustaining a mother living with a chronic and acute ill-health are explored through voice, music and movement
Use Your EQ not just your IQ
Rap based on the need to take an holistic approach during consultation
To Act in the Best Interests of the Patient
The stressful impact of medical consultations on doctors.
Reflections on the Human Form
Drawing on historical and current perspectives to exploring the richness of human form
Trading One Vice For The Other
A gritty encounter with the viscous circle of addiction and sensitive reflection around prevention and shared responsibility
Taking History
An insight into the impact a diagnosis of breast cancer upon a close-knit family
The Spider
A multi-faceted interpretation of living with mental illness inspired by a GP consultation
Loose Threads
This artwork represents the imagined life of a street worker – a composite character inspired by the work of the Bristol charity One25
My mind is not my own
A visual and audio interpretation of the impact of a stroke on a particular patient based on his detailed embodied descriptions
What’s Inside?
A thought-provoking case study of gender ambiguity and identity construction
Behind the Wheel
A patient guides holistic practice
The Grip of Alcoholism
Turning the tide of addiction
Clinical Curiosity and Compassion
The balance of maintaining a patient-focus within clinical learnings
Green Space, Deep Breath
A patient’s belief in Nature’s healing makes a powerful impact
Deep Cleanse
A clinical conversation with positive impact
I Fixed his Clock
Pointillism used to consider eating disorders in the elderly
Inside the Obesity Crisis
Re-framing weight-management
Acupuncture and chronic pain relief
Alternative medicines and debilitating invisible illness
Patterns of Anxiety
Mental health issues across lockdowns
Tackling Menstruation Stigma
‘Natural’ bodily functions and Taboos
Virtual Fog
Reflections around the impact of Covid-19 on medical education reveals a surprising outcome.
Disconnected
The complexities of remote consultations
Beneath the Dura Mater
The balancing act of self-care and caring for others viewed from both physiological and psychological perspectives.
Beyond the patient – Little Girl’s Lullaby
Hearing and being cherished, both life-lines for a spirited young girl with multiple medical challenges, inspired a remarkable composition
The Fabric of Being Human
Learning alongside recovering amputees causes the artist to question the fundamentals of traditional embodiment
The Shadowed Carer
The huge contribution of home-carers to society and their well-being is highlighted during a GP consultation
Understanding the True Burden
Strong bonds of family love sustaining a mother living with a chronic and acute ill-health are explored through voice, music and movement
Reflecting on Grief
Recent family bereavement leads this artist to deeply process her hard-won philosophy around life and death – and that of patients
Giving and Receiving
Donorship – a circle of trust within medical education
The Role of Technology in Healthcare
When faced with the choice between traditional healthcare professionals and new artificial intelligence – who would you trust to be in charge of your care?
Hospital: A Living Architecture
Appreciation of hospital care by a close relative causes a student to consider this holistic clinical community
To be true to one another in the good times and in bad…
Hearts connect to maintain the pulse of recovery
The complex mind
A myriad of challenges to individualised, holistic care surface once mental stability is compromised
Curiosity
A student’s insight into the sensitive dialogue within consultation places due weight on the gifts of genuine authentic connection in healthcare
Organ Manufacture
Questions around the ethics of new technologies and a culture of throw-away organs
When Breath Becomes Air
A doctor’s transition to becoming a patient
A Bitter Pill
Young male suicide statistics triggered this joint exploration into the need for adequate support-systems to be in place – before crisis-points are reached
Love is Blinding: saving newborns’ sight
Global attitudes to sexual health under the microscope
Sleep
Does the doctor take their patients’ challenges home or close this door at the surgery?
Human to Human
The in-the-moment challenges of juggling clinical and individual readings of a patient whilst developing clinical insights and consultation skills
Can They Feel The Change?
A haiku about anxiety in the current coronavirus pandemic
The Hand
Disembodiment following a stroke and the patient’s physical and emotional journey to recovery sensitively recorded and interpreted
Hand in Hand
A celebration of both individual difference and universal connection – front cover of an exploratory illustrated booklet
Leaking Identity
How much of the clinician’s personality is it appropriate to reveal in professional practices? – coming to terms with integrating ‘new’ roles
Primum non nocere: first do no harm
Tension between the will to ‘cure’ and treatment impairing the patient’s health
The chair-shaped space
Triangulating perspectives in GP consultations
Surface Anatomy
Students proposed the development of an app allowing patients to visually connect with inner body structures and together with the clinician, observing specific areas in detail
They Are the Brave
A deeply reflective analysis of patients’ vulnerability and hope within clinical care. Hard-won personal insight has integrated this tension in a simple, poignant and artful poem
Lost to Dementia
The role of memory within dementia
Flowers
Exploring the intertwined role of clinical care and family support through flora
The Barrier of Medical Jargon
A plea for less clinical terminology used in consultations to build a more participatory relationship between clinicians and patients
To Act in the Best Interests of the Patient
The stressful impact of medical consultations on doctors.